Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 581 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

1. 1.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
17. 17.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) after an important point
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic

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